Smoke-conveyer.



No. 757,546. r PATENTED APR. 19, 1904.

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SMOKE GONVEYER. Arrmonzon rILnn JULY 1?, 1903. no MODEL.

UNITED STATES .ii'atented April 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LLOYD GALE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

'smoKE-ooNv YER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,546, dated April19, 1904.

I Application filed July 17, 1903. Serial No. 166,015. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be itlrnown that I, WILLIAM-LLOYD GALE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefierson and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Smoke-Conveyor, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in smoke-conveyors ofthat general class employedfor conveying smoke and 'cinders from alocomotive smoke-stack to the rear end of the train in order to avoiddamage and inconvenience due to the entrance of smoke and cinders to thecars.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide asmoke-conveyer'Of simple and economical construction-which may bereadily adjusted to permit connection between the members carried by theseveral cars to thereby form a continuous duct from end to end of thetrain.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form ofsmoke-conveyor in which the parts are so disposed as to'permit automaticcoupling, the parts being so arranged as to be coupled together at thesame stationary section extending to points near each end of the car andreversible telescopic section's carried at the end of each car andserving as coupling members between thestationary sections of adjacentcars.

A still further object'of the invention is to improve the constructionof the device at the point of connection with the smoke-stack of p thelocomotive, so that when necessary the engineer may provide a freeoutlet for the prodnets of combustion in case the engine is not ancewith the invention.

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steaming properly or at the start of a fire or in other cases where theengine is stationary and it does not become necessary to convey theproducts of combustion to the rear end of the train. 1

Withthese and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts herein described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed outin the appendedclaims, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be madewithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof the invention. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevationof a portion of a train provided with a smoke-conveyor constructed inaccord- Fig. 2 is a detail elevation, on an enlarged scale, of one ofthe adjustable telescopic members carried by the end' of each car. Fig.3 is a sectional plan v view of the same. Fig. 4: is an elevation,partly Similar characters of reference are employed I to indicatecorresponding parts throughout the In the drawings there is shown aportion of a railway-train including an engine A, a tender B, and acoach C, all of these carrying sections of the smoke-conveyer and suchsections being so arranged as to permit of disconnection when the partswhich compose the train are uncoupled.

The main portion of the conveyer carried by each car comprises a rigidtube-section 1,

' tions and serve to restore the parts to initial position when thetrain is running on a straight track. in diameter, as indicated at 8, inorder to serve as a support for an end member 9 of cylindrical form, theouter terminal of said end member being flared to receivethe mating endof an adjustable section carried by an adjacent car. The tube-section 5and the tubesection 9 are each provided with a pair of pins 11,preferably disposed at diametrically opposite points of the verticalplane of the tubecasing, and said pins are connected in pairs by a link12, that is preferably triangular in form, one of said links beingarranged at the top and another at the bottom of the conveyertube, andsaid links being connected in pairs by an operating-lever 13, which maybe moved out at a right angle to the longitudinal casing of the tube inorder to draw the pins closer together and in this manner shorten thelength of the adjustable and yieldable section as a whole in orderthereby to facilitate the connection and disconnection of the parts anddisconnect these sections from the stationary tube-section Withoutdisturbing the latter.

The tube-sections 5 and 9 are connected by a pair ofautomatically-opposed rods 14,- one end of each rod being pivotallyconnected to a stud 16, carried by the section 5, while the v oppositeend of each rod extends through an opening formed in a lug 17 on theopposite section 9.

On the rod is mounted a helical compression-spring 18, which normallytends to support the two sections and is compressed as the lever isturned in'a direction at right angles to the length of the conveyertube. The links 12, which embrace the pins 11, are triangular in form,the longer side of the triangle permitting the end member 9 to moveoutward to its fullest extent, while-the shorter sidegives the limit ofinward movement of said section 9, and one or both of the arms at theshort side are provided with notches 20 to receive and hold the pins, sothat it will require some little effort to restore the lever 13 to itsnormal position in alinement with the conveyer-tube.

At the opposite side of the main section 2 are tube-sections 5 and 9,corresponding substantially in structure to sections 5 and 9, previouslydescribed, with the exception that The outer end of section 5 isreducedthe section 9' is reduced in diameter in order that it may fitwithin the flaring end 10 of a section carried by an adjacent car. Thissection 9 is further provided with a plurality of rounded fingers 21 inorder to facilitate its entrance to such flaring section 9 should twoadjacent cars to be coupled be of different height or should thetube-sections be as when the cars are standing on a curved portion ofthe track. Y

. The parts as arranged in Fig. 2 are adjust ed to proper position for atrain traveling in the direction of the arrow; but when the train istraveling in the opposite'directio-n the tele scopic tube-sections areturned end for end,

to accomplish which it is merely necessary to move the levers outward atright angles to the longitudinal axis of the tube in order to movethemembers 9 and 9 inward, and thus uncouple such members from the rigidtubesection and permit the engagement of the opposite member therewith.

Where the parts are always disposed in the same relative position, as inthe connection between the engine and its tender, the connection maybe-made by providing the engine-section with a freely-yieldable endmember 25, connected to the main tube-section by the links 6 andprovided with tension-springs 7 in order to restore the parts to initialposition and to permit the yielding of the sections of the tube as thetrain is traveling on curved portions of the track.

In carrying out the invention it is necessary to provide some means forpermitting the products of combustion to escape directly from thesmoke-stack without passing through the conveyer-tube, as in the startofa fire or in case the engine is not steaming properly. This isprovided for by forming an opening 26 in the top of the conveyer-tube ata point in vertical alinement with the smoke-stack and by providing thetop of the smoke-stack with an adjustable deflector 27, connected by arod 28 to a covering-plate 29, that normally closes the opening andprevents the direct passage of the products of combustion from thesmoke-stack to the outer air. The deflector 27 is pivoted on studs 30and to its lower end is connected a rod 31, leading to the cab of theengine within convenient reach of the engineer.

Under ordinary running conditions the deflector is disposed at an angleof forty-five degrees, and the products of combustion issuing from thestack are deflected into the smokeconveyer tube and there met with acurrent of air entering through the enlarged mouth of the tube and arecarried back to the rear end of the train. When the fire is not burningproperly, the engineer pulls on the connecting-rod 31 and raises thedeflector to a vertical position. This causes the opening movement ofthe cover 29 through its confleeting-rod 28 and allows the products ofcombustion to escape directly to the outer air through the opening 2-6.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. In asmoke-conveyer, a rigid tube-section carried by each car, reversible endsections also carried by each car, said members being telescopicallyadjustable, pins carried by adjacent telescopic members, adjustingdevershaving links triangular in form and embracing said pins, and springsnormally tending to support said members, substantially as bers havingmeans for adjusting the same, rods connecting the members, said rodsbeing pivotally connected at one end of one of said members, perforatedguide-lugs for the reception of the opposite end of the rod, anohaspring encircling each rod and tending to separate the members, thepivotal connection of the rod permitting lateral play of the parts tofollow the movement of the train.

4. In a smoke-conveyor, a conveyer-tube having an outlet-opening invertical alinement with the smoke-stack of the engine, a cover normallyclosing said opening, a deflector pivoted to the smoke-stack andconnected to said cover, and means for adjusting the deflector andsimultaneously movingsaid cover to opening position.

5. In a smoke-conveyer, a conveyer-tube having an opening directly inalinement with the smoke-stack of the engine, a deflector pivoted to thesmoke-stack and normally inclined with respect both to the horizontaland vertical to thereby deflect the products of combustion from thestack to the tube, an operating rod connected to the deflector, a covernor mally closing the opening, and a linkor rod connecting the deflectorwith the cover, substantially as specified. c

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM LLOYD GALE.

Witnesses:

HOWARD J EFFERIS, DELL BROWN.

